An experimentally verified finite element study of the stress-strain response of crack geometries experiencing large-scale yielding

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1296, Issue , 1997, Pages 216-242

  Panontin, Tina L ^a   Sheppard, Sheri D ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack tip stress strains; Experimental verification; Finite element analysis; Fracture; Large deformation

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TESTING; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTICITY; STEEL; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; YIELD STRESS;

CRACK TIP OPENING DISPLACEMENT (CTOD); CRACK TIP STRESS/STRAIN FIELDS; DUCTILE FRACTURE; PLASTIC STRAIN;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0344941302     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp16236s     Document Type: Article

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